Birmingham fan gets tattoo of boss Garry Monk on his bum after vowing he would do it if they beat Fulham to stay up
Kevin Tomlinson lived up to his word - with Blues' chief Monk himself stumping up most of the money for the inking
A footie fan lost a bet and has been forced to get a tattoo of his club’s manager – on his bum.
Mouthy Kevin Tomlinson, 29, vowed to get the inking of gaffer Gary Monk if his beloved Birmingham City beat Fulham to clinch their Championship survival on the final day of the season.
A 3-1 victory earlier this month kept Blues out of the relegation zone and they finished 19th – having been third from bottom when 39-year-old Monk took charge in March.
Season ticket holder Kevin, a warehouse worker, set up a fundraising page to afford the tattoo but was left stunned when Monk himself stumped up most of the cash.
Dad of two Kevin stuck to his promise and had Monk‘s face permanently inked on his backside, with surplus money raised going to charity.
The GoFundMe page was at £20 of its £100 target when Monk completed the fundraising and donated £80.
The ex Swansea and Leeds boss wrote: “Just paid for it, pal! But just one condition: all bluenoses want to see the proof!!!”
When Kevin uploaded the picture to Twitter over the weekend, Monk even replied: “Fair play to you Kevin!
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“At least now I’ll always be there to remind you to think before you speak.”
Kevin, who lives in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, with partner Amanda Hutchinson, 29, and daughters Jessie-Mai, ten, and Scarlett, six, said: “I was caught up in the moment when I made the promise.
“But now it’s something I will never have a chance of forgetting.
“Blues had played QPR and we had lost again.
“I thought, ‘it’s not going to get any better, we have one game left and are playing Fulham who were unbeaten since Christmas’, I thought we had no chance.
“Then it went mad and everybody started sharing it online.
“I didn’t believe it at first when I saw Garry Monk was involved, I thought it was someone who put their name as Garry, but when it started trending on Twitter I realised this is getting serious.
“I’d love to get a picture with him but I don’t know whether he’ll want to get his face that close. It’d be good to compare the likeness though.”
Kevin added:“I’ve been saying it’s a good job he’s a good-looking manager but it could have been worse – Harry Redknapp who was our manager at the start of the season.”
